Hazard functions to describe patterns of new and recurrent sick leave episodes for different diagnoses

• Main Authors: Albert Navarro (Author), David Moriña (Author), Ricardo Reis (Author), Fúlvio B Nedel (Author), Miguel Martín (Author), Sergio Alvarado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: This study aims to identify the hazard functions that describe the occurrence patterns of new and recurrent sick leave (SL) episodes for mental, respiratory, and musculoskeletal diagnoses. METHODS: The data come from a cohort of workers in the Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Feder...